Chapter 244: A visit from an old goat.

Sigrid raised the cup of hot chocolate to her lips. She gazed at Lord Benwick lazily over the rim of the cup. He was not yet on his knees and it appeared he intended to defy her.

"Kneel or remove yourself from my presence Lord Benwick." Sigrid calmly said.

She lowered the cup into the sofa and sat them both on the table.

Lord Benwick firmly kept his arms at the side of his body and he drew in a sharp breath. He urged himself to remain calm, the princess was just drunk on power. Her reputation was widely known, she liked to play the tough game. To deal with her, he had to be smart.

"Crown princess, greetings." He bowed his head and gave her a polite greeting.

Sigrid nodded, acknowledging the greeting. "What brings you in search of me Lord Benwick?" she asked.

He spread his arms out, and moved forward, intending to approach her but Brolin’s sword stopped him. The knight gestured that he step back. Lord Benwick did not like it but her obeyed anyway.

"If I might offer some advise..." he started.

my advisor Lord Benwick. Your loyalty is questionable. By day, you serve the queen but

his eyes

of this secret. Even the queen is not aware that her most loyal advisor has been in the king’s pocket for so long. Your kind of treachery fascinates me because you are like a man with no nation, you serve whoever has the power. If

moment to ponder on

my loyalty is to Eldoria. If it were not, I would not be here offering to lend my expertise to you." He gave her a shrewd look and asked, "How, if I may ask, did you come

so that you can

him to be paranoid, wondering who had betrayed him and what other secrets of his had been leaked. "So I take it that you are in search of new employment now that both of your former employers are unavailable. Other people would use

Benwick smiled. "I am not one of those

some point in their life. If you keep jumping from one master to another, you will end up with no master and no feet to use in jumping anymore." She

was unwilling to

A king controls the kingdom, a queen

did not need to know for she was aware of already. All of Roland’s biggest decisions ever since she and Roland started getting along involved her. Even

dead consort Rina achieved it on her own--to

did not appreciate the undertones in her statement, it was clearly being called a

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